republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-644.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.	Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation, and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capital projects manager or the designee of the chief administrative officer of the county to project standards.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 644	Virginia SB 644 (2024)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	4	37	7	2024-01-11	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/087c0e37-731b-43a1-ada1-f886763671aa	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB644	e21738058032a3af67ec322ba01fc340d86b708f6734195accdde7506b68703f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 644 (2024) — Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.

Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation, and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capital projects manager or the designee of the chief administrative officer of the county to project standards.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0160 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 24104779D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24104779D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB644ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 24104779D introduction
• 2024-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB644)
• 2024-01-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-01-23 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB644E
• 2024-01-23 Printed as engrossed 24104779D-E
• 2024-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB644E)
• 2024-02-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB644ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB644ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/087c0e37-731b-43a1-ada1-f886763671aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).